French ship Formidable

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A number of ships of the French Navy have borne the name Formidable, honouring the trait of inspiring fear in the enemy. Among them:

• Formidable (1691–1714), a 96-gun ship of the line
• Formidable (1751–1759), an 80-gun ship of the line
• Formidable (1795–1814), ex-Marat, a Téméraire class ship of the line
• Formidable (1795–1805), an 80-gun ship of the line
• Formidable (1824–1836)
• Formidable (1885), an early battleship

[Note that in the early summer of 1795 there were two French ships of the line which bore the same name for three weeks.]

See also

• HMS Formidable